tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post1079750391513398888..comments2015-03-03T22:14:06.025+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: D-statistic paper (Durand et al. 2011)Dienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-30626384817415571332011-03-22T01:56:01.319+02:002011-03-22T01:56:01.319+02:00One problem we face with this kind of work is the ...One problem we face with this kind of work is the assumption that we are dealing with authentic sequences. As Guthrie and I noted in a paper (2010) on the Denisova sequences, there are serious deviations in the reported sequences (as published) and the Genbank reported sequences (assumed consensus). We could not account for this, but in addition Longo et al. have reported in PLoS ONE in February 2011, that most reported non-primate sequences contain human contamination. Contamination would appear, therefore to be underestimated in all present phylogenetic analyses.caldararohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14239792179575104977noreply@blogger.com